Thursday, May 24, 2012

A time for lanterns and mooncakes

Posted by noelbynature

We’re in the thick of the run-up to the Chinese mid-autumn festival, and the NDP-Rally-mentioned blog bullockcartwater gives a good rundown of events to catch from now until October 6:

It is the time again, albeit late by one month because this year, in the Chinese Lunar Calendar there are two 7th Months. This year, the Mid-Autumn, 15th of 8th Lunar Month, falls on 6 Oct 06. Chinatown, in its tradition, is going to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival with a string of activities. It is also the time when many locals, and perhaps, foreign residents, would be queuing up the old traditional moon-cake shops such as Da Zhong Guo (Dai Chong Kok in Cantonese) known to have served many generations the Chinese pastry delights, the moon cakes being one of the major ones.

Read the full post here.

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